The name of the documentary “Freeman”is directed by Laurence Billiet and was released on the 13th of October 2020. This legendary documentary is about Australian Olympic gold medal winner Cathy Freeman trying to capture the capture her dream of winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. This documentary is also about national identity and sporting excellence. This documentary shows all of the obstacles that Cathy Freeman had to overcome as an Aboriginal person in Australia before they said sorry to the stolen generation. The concept of national identity reoccurs throughout Freeman, most obviously through the use of found footage, observational footage and interviews with Cathy Freeman and her coach. At 12:23 a.m. Cathy Freeman won her race at the 1994 Victorian Commonwealth Games and got a new PR and to celebrate she brought out a half Australian and half Aboriginal flag. This act from Cathy Freeman was mostly …show more content…
And as she got older, her talents got better. There is much footage of Cathy Freeman’s sporting excellence. When she raced for the first time she described it as it felt like I never touched the ground before, and she felt like she was flying even as a 5 year old kid. Cathy Freeman also says that running is where she feels safe and free. Cathy’s first professional running coach was a Romanian guy named Mike Danila (or something like that) who couldn’t believe his luck in finding someone with so many talents that was untouched. Cathy Freeman’s first important international race came up in 1990, which was the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. After the race Cathy Freeman was named the first black Australian to win Gold in the Commonwealth Games, after this race Cathy Freeman went on a run of race and almost went undefeated. She lost one game due to an ankle injury. All of these key moments of Cathy’s sporting excellence are found through footage from videos and news reports from the